Swollen ear piercing

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Asked for Female, 15 Years

I've pierced my ear for the secondary time and one of them is swollen and it's really painful but there is no Pas . But the thing is that it was completely fine for the next 3 days but after 3 days of piercing I took a bath an then the next day it causing problems but its only on one ear!

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Dr. Vinay S Bhat ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 15 yrs exp Bangalore · Accepted Answer

Dr. Vinay S Bhat

ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 15 yrs exp Bangalore

You seem to be having infection of the ear piercing site. Usually it occurs secondary to allergy towards the ear stud. You may required to remove the ear stud and take antibiotics and apply antibiotic ointment for few days

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